The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-03-18

One day recently TINES re orte'
visited the breeding stables of Dewey
& Stewart and looked over their
stock, and we can say that never
have we seen the no. SEES in as fine
condition as now. Louis Napoleon
grows old gracefully, and appears to
be strong and useful as ever. The
brood mares are all in breeding con-
dition; the yearlings (and grand lot
they are) are the pride of the farm.
Mr.. Stone seems TO be the man for
the place, and while he has charge
of the stable we expect to see the
best results from his care.
E l.. Fitch is getting together
great stable for the season. Among
the horses now at the fair grounds
are: Geo. Milo AGA, and Edmore,
full brothers of Jerome Eddy a:I6H,
and both are 10 be heard from; Earl
Wales, three year old by Geo. Milo
and a horse in which great faith is
placed by its owners; Josie Lewis, a
four year old by Napoleon; Seldom, a
black mare by Durango, and one of
the best bred animals in the State,
having four standard crosses, and her
filly by Napoleon has FIVE; Prince
Napoleon. three year old 10y Napo-
leon, and Richard Abdallah, by
Byerly Abdallah. owned by M. w.
Willoughby; four year old Napoleon
mare owned by Edgar Bartholomew,
and Josie Ellis, four year old mare
by 10 Gavin. Certainly from what
is known Of some Of these horses, we
hope to see them in the 80 class this
year. More horses will be placed in
Mr.. Fitch's hands shortly.
The Michigan Farmer: Prof A. ].
Cook has just sold TO H. l.. Bonton,
Mt. Pleasant, Mich. the red bull
Duke Royal. This bull, as we
should expect from his breeding, is
very large and OF fine form. He is
from the Princess bull Col. Acomb ed
36984, whose sire was ed Duke Of
Northumberland aaS6S, and his dam
imp. Lady Acomb 4th. Duke Royal
Is from the COW Royal Duchess 9TH,
bred by Avery & Murphy, and sired
by the old 2sd Duke OF Airdrie 1898
ed dam, Royal Duchess 9Th, sired
by London Duke soo7; sd dam Ro, al
Duchess sd, sired by imp. Cherub. AS
will be seen this bull abounds in tip
top crosses Mr.. Bouton enters the
ranks of Shorthorn breeders with
great enthusiasm. and can not fail to
be of signal benefit TO the new north
ern county OF Isabella. Pro-. Cook
also sold ,o MIR. NJ. Osburn, of
Owosso, the Shropshire ram Owosso
sd. This ram was sired by Owosso.
whose sire and dam were both i'm
ported. The dam Of Owosso 3d IS
O@osso Belle ed, whose sire and dam
were both imported. Owosso sd is
half brother to the lamb Owosso ed,
which ct ten months old weighed 40
pounds. Owosso ed was selected by
Mr.. Osburn as the best one of The
two, though The difference was hard
TO see. OwossO weighs two hundred
pounds.
In noticing 4 transfer of the Shrop
shire ram. OwOsso 3, recently sold
by Prof. A. J. Cook to M. Osburn,
of Owosso, MS weight was given at
200 lbs ! it should have been 40 lbs,
an important difference. The error was
made in the Farmer Office, but all inter
ested Lave agreed that if the Prof. will
agree not to do it again they will let
him off easy this time. BY the way,
in conversation with the professor
the other day, he said that within
five months he had sold thousand
dollars worth of stock from his farm.
and yet most OF our Michigan farmers
think he times are hard